Archive for February 28th, 2018

Couple robbed in armed home invasion

Couple robbed in armed home invasion

| 28/02/2018 | 74 Comments

(CNS): A man and woman were accosted last night by two armed masked men near the doorstep of their house in Patrick’s Island, George Town, police have said. The couple arrived home shortly before 10:45pm on Tuesday, 27 February. As they got out of their car, the robbers, who were brandishing guns, demanded cash. The victims […]

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EE man arrested in connection with fatal crash

EE man arrested in connection with fatal crash

| 28/02/2018 | 0 Comments

(CNS): A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a crash in East End earlier this month in which Altameka Bodden-Price (28) was killed. Police said the man, who was driving the car in a remote location in the district, was arrested yesterday, 27 February, on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and […]

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Nurse killed in Cayman Brac crash

Nurse killed in Cayman Brac crash

| 28/02/2018 | 8 Comments

(CNS): A 51-year-old woman was killed on Cayman Brac after two cars crashed on Bight Road late last night. CNS understand that the woman who died at the scene was a nurse, originally from Jamaica. According to the police report, she was driving a Toyota RAV4 when it collided head-on with a Honda Integra at […]

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MACI missing cruise business over marriage

MACI missing cruise business over marriage

| 28/02/2018 | 42 Comments

(CNS): Cayman’s shipping registry is not attracting cruise lines because current local legislation prevents ships registered here from conducting on-board weddings elsewhere, the chief executive officer of the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands has said. During the previous administration then financial services minister Wayne Panton steered through an amendment to the gambling law to […]

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Lobster season comes to an end

Lobster season comes to an end

| 28/02/2018 | 19 Comments

(CNS): Today is the last day this season that people can take lobster from Cayman Islands waters legally. The season closes tomorrow, when it will no longer be lawful to take, purchase, receive or possess lobster originating from Cayman waters. “The closed season is designed to give the local lobster population a break from harvesting during the […]

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Fire crews battle East End bush blaze

Fire crews battle East End bush blaze

| 28/02/2018 | 6 Comments

(CNS) UPDATED: Officials have confirmed that firefighters worked through the night and have now extinguished the brush fire which was blazing near the East End quarry throughout the night. The blaze was doused by around 3.35am Wednesday but the fire crews remained at the scene until 5am to make sure it did not reignite. Chief Fire Officer […]

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